Arthur William Rogers
Arthur William Rogers (born June 5, 1872 in Bishops Hull near Taunton , Somerset , † June 23, 1946 in Mowbray , Cape Province ) was a British-South African geologist. He was the director of the Geological Survey of South Africa.
Life
Rogers studied at Cambridge. He was in South Africa from 1895, first from 1896 as Assistant Geologist and from 1902 head of the Cape of Good Hope Geological Commission. In 1916 he became director of the Geological Survey of South Africa in Pretoria, which he remained until his retirement in 1932. The International Geological Congress in South Africa in 1929 also took place at this time.
At first he mapped remote regions of the Cape Province up to the Kalahari under Professor EHL Schwarz . In the Transvaal he examined the gold fields of Heidelberg and Klerksdorp.
In 1931 he received the Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society .
Fonts
- An introduction to the geology of Cape Colony, Longmans, Green and Co., 1905, Online
- The pioneers in South African Geology and their work, Geological Society of South Africa 1937
literature
- WJ de Kock (Editor) Dictionary of South African Biography, Volume 1, p. 677
Web links
- Grobler, History of Transvaal Museum, pdf
- unknown: ARTHUR W. ROGERS, Sc.D., FRS In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 31, 1948, p. L – li, doi : 10.1080 / 00359194809518959 (obituary)
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| SURNAME | Rogers, Arthur William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-South African geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bishops Hull at Taunton , Somerset |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1946 |
| Place of death | Mowbray , Cape Province |